Man charged in Pakistan for spreading Southport disinformation

Pakistani authorities have arrested a man and charged him with cyber terrorism for his alleged role in spreading misinformation that led to rioting in the UK earlier this month, a senior police investigator said Wednesday.

The suspect was identified as Farhan Asif, 32, a freelance web developer, said Imran Kishwar, deputy inspector general of investigations in Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab province.

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[dazedream]

riots like that dont just happen because of one event like that, its been bubbling over for years

[Slumbert]

All BBC "journalists" must i prison then.

[sloopycat]

Sounds dodgy to say the least, something fishy going on.

[bizzt]

Lollll what a diversion. Huge abstract angle . To really distract from British citizen unhappiness and fear of extreme immigration and extreme immigration

[Democracyguardd]

Doesn't change the fact people were already furious and there is serious security problems, pointless story

[lissamae]

Why are Pakistan doing the UK's bidding? Get a grip Pakistan colonialism is over.

[Thestorminator]

This all could have been avoided if the police didn't try to hide the identity of the suspect. They knew it was an tense time, if they where just honest things wouldn't have escalated.

[wayneuk]

"Did you stir up this trouble sir?"

"Me? Asif...."

[grimjim]

Imagine a Muslim causing the rioting! This needs unravelling

[Juliet]

Was this man not a Muslim himself, since he was found hiding in Pakistan ? What the heck ?!?!

[meganhuggins]

If I had been born in Nigeria to English parents, I would not become a Nigerian, I would be English. Your ethnicity doesn’t change because you move continents.

[rah]

Doesn't make sense. Whatever the lullaby behind, doesn't add up unless some outsiders paid him to do the job for them.

[saschabrukoski]

So everyone in the world is supposedly gonna be imprisoned ? Nope, not enough prisons, they need to scare you lol

[lizglaisher]

There is a " bloke" in Uk who did the same but the cops aren`t arresting him.How much has this person cost taxpayers in triggering police over reaction to 1 side of the situation.

[dingodave]

So is starmer going to get arrested for doing the same?

[ashkelly]

Misinformation or fake news from the govm

[stntstnt]

and what about all the mainstream news channels which followed his false claims without doing any fact checks ? will they also be sued.

[fpmcochaitch]

Funny being as those who blame Farage are my mates who are British Pakistanis. Look forward to hearing them now knowing the false info started in Pakistan

[stand.with.Iranians]

This is because Islam is the religion of peace.

[SyraSoleri]

Yup. This is true. So many people around the world churning out false content.